Week 8 was all about cyber reality and the way it has and will influence society. Cyber reality is like having a secondary life that you can step into through your computer though sometimes we find it difficult to tell the difference between our reality and our cyber existence. Many people use their cyber realities to express a part of themselves that they can't in their real life as they can choose how to portray themselves through uploading images, the way they write online, what they choose to talk about and even their profiles or how many friends they have on Facebook or followers on Twitter. Everyone has a reputation in real life, but also in their cyber reality and they do not mirror each other.
Clearly there is not going to be any technology that can replicate smell and taste anytime soon but maybe that's for the best. I mean, we are already so consumed in our cyber worlds that we don't need it to truly become an alternate reality.
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